Thambiah

Thambiah (தம்பையா) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.

Given name

 * Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah (1929–2014), Ceylonese social anthropologist

Surname

 * Alfred Thambiayah (1903–2009), Ceylonese businessman and politician
 * H. D. Thambiah (1926–1992), Ceylonese lawyer and judge
 * H. W. Thambiah (1906–1997), Ceylonese academic, diplomat, lawyer and judge
 * Leaena Tambyah (1937–2023), Singaporean special education advocate
 * R. R. Crossette-Thambiah, Ceylonese lawyer
 * Thambiah Ahambaram (1913–1962), Ceylonese politician
 * Tambyah Murugaser (1924–1994), Sri Lankan sportsman and sports administrator
 * Thambiah Nadaraja (1917–2004), Sri Lankan lawyer and academic
 * Thambiah Pathmanathan (born 1956), Singaporean footballer
 * Thambaiyah Mudaliyar Sabaratnam (1895–1966), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
 * Winslow Thambiah Ivers Alagaratnam (1895–1977), Ceylonese civil engineer